parrot
Language:
Australian:
Wellat
English JS Main:
parrot
English:
"Scarlet and Green Parrot, native name "Wellat" ====The bird is green except for the rump which is blue, and the belly which is red; there are red spots on the green breast. ...
Credits:
The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
Category:
fauna: birds
Sub-category:
parrot
Source:
Painters
Line:
12136
Respelt:
willa-d
Part of speech:
noun
Source Details:
INDIGENOUS NAMES IN WORKS BY THE PORT JACKSON PAINTER, THOMAS WATLING etc. Watling Collection, Natural History Museum, London Transcribed by Keith V. Smith 2002
Watling, Thomas, 1762-1814?
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Comment:
Watling Drawing - no. 136 : "Scarlet and Green Parrot, native name "Wellat" / Port Jackson Painter]